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If she is not First Minister of Scotland, who is?

Can't we just make some space for the simple expression of common humanity that might just raise people's spirits a little?

Am I hearing this right? Or has the clock turned back decades?

Born in Hackney.

I remember Alan Clark MP - resident of Saltwood Castle and son of Lord Clark - referring dismissively to Michael Heseltine as "the kind of man who buys his own furniture". The correct way to resolve this dilemma is obvious ... go and speak to your grandparents and take one of their sofas.

Nobody challenged that explanation.

But, once upon a time, Israeli terrorists did wage war against the British. Which proves, of course, that there comes a time when we put aside hostilities and work together for a better, peaceful future. The question is: when will that be universally acknowledged as the way forward for...

The fact that Jim May is quoted in the Argus story as suggesting that Cardiff is in "the West Country", just like Taunton is, tells me that cricket administrators are losing all sense of reality.

His views should be treated with exactly the same respect as the publicly expressed views of members of the Bloom family on the Israeli question.

When I was a student at Sussex University, we used to scoff at the word "Varsity". It conjured up pictures of Oxford and Cambridge that were the complete antithesis of everything we thought Sussex stood for. And, if we were going to do violence, the targets we selected were political, like the...

My mum wasn't posh, but she always pronounced stair rods (as in "it's raining stair rods") as "sterruds", with no noticeable pause between the two syllables. Has anyone else come across this?

Excuse me, but I use feathers to fill pillows and give me a comfortable night's sleep. I find it difficult to envisage how whole chickens might be an alternative. Could someone please explain?

When Roz and I were campaigning on behalf of the Seagulls Party to get the Lewes Lib Dems to reverse their policy on resisting the stadium at Falmer, we were invited by Jason Sugarman, then the prospective Tory candidate for the Lewes constituency, to attend a lunchtime drinks and nibbles event...

NSC has greatly improved since the thumbs down option was removed. I'd like to see it banished again. Negative judgements of fellow posters simply create conflict - and that is not the point of NSC.

... and Tomori shouldn't feel downhearted if he finds himself on the bench.

I think he means that Huddersfield will need FOUR points to overtake us.

Even if we lose every match for the rest of the season, we will make the playoffs.

Mrs Arkwright is right. Your spuds will rise after three days in the ground. Good Friday varies from year to year precisely because the weather varies from year to year.

We're you a member of a trade union? If so, try them.

I learned to celebrate St Patrick's Day when I was at a Catholic primary school in Newport (St Joseph's), being taught by Irish nuns. March was a brilliant month, since we were given the day off for religious holidays. 1 March ... St David's Day 17 March ... St Patrick's Day 19 March ... St...